Ten Reasons Not to Buy Lye or "No Lye" Relaxers for Children

TEN REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD NOT BUY BOTH LYE AND “NO LYE”
HAIR RELAXERS FOR CHILDREN:

1)     Self Hatred is a deadly disease.
•    Through continuously straightening an African American child’s hair to make it more manageable one could be placing a seed of hatred in the child because the new look is one of a European standard of beauty.  Most African American children are not familiar with what their natural hair looks like and neither do their peers so they are not taught to respect and love it.


2)     Lye Relaxers are subject to cause alopecia areata and male patterned baldness in 60% of men women and children who use Lye Relaxers on a normal basis say once every four weeks.

3)      A child's head is not strong enough to handle a
lye relaxer such as Dark and Lovely, Just For Me, Motions, Empress,
African Gold, African Pride, Bantu, Soft and Beautiful & Cream of Nature.
•    These relaxers are formulated with Sodium Hydroxide. They are also referred to as 'alkaline relaxers' because they contain alkaline caustics, which can cause chemical burns similar to those a person would get if they came in contact with a strong acid.
•     The pH levels are higher than no-lye relaxers. the pH is of 12-14, which is extremely high and these relaxers are formulated with Sodium Hydroxide.
•    The higher the pH the greater risk of damage and hair loss.
•     The “no lye” relaxers are formulated without Sodium Hydroxide and instead are created with calcium hydroxide, guanidine carbonate, and ammonium thioglycolate to make guanidine hydroxide.
•    The ingredients found in Relaxers such as the Sodium Hydroxide are found in drain cleaners, bleach, oven cleaners, toilet cleaners, and other household cleaning supplies.